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In Mississippi, Medicaid Coverage of Weight Loss Drugs Fails to Catch On
Only 2% of eligible Medicaid adults in Mississippi have used GLP-1 weight loss drugs amid strict rules, drug shortages, and $12 million spent in 15 months, officials said.
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In Mississippi, Medicaid coverage of weight loss drugs fails to catch on
April Hines has battled with her weight since she was a teenager. But in the past couple of years, she's fallen from 600 pounds to 385, and her blood pressure and blood sugar levels are down, too. "I'm not as fatigued as I used to be, and I've been able to go back to church," she said.
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COLUMBUS, Miss. — April Hines has battled with her weight since she was a teenager. But in the past couple of years, she’s fallen from 600 pounds to 385, and her blood pressure and blood sugar levels are down, too. “I’m not as fatigued as I used to be, and I’ve been able to go back to church,” she said. Hines, 46, credits her weight loss to Trulicity, part of a new class of expensive weight loss drugs known as GLP-1s, and her Medicaid coverage f…
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